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word to use to describe the mood here in this small mississippi town where those two police officers lost their lives by simply doing their jobs. did you do it? no sir, i didn t do it. reporter: asserting his innocence while being hauled into the police station. 26-year-old curtus banks, one of the now four suspects in custody this morning. two of them facing capital murder charges. in connection with the shooting death of two police officers in southern mississippi. you never want this to happen. the men and women who go out every day to protect us the men and women who go out every day to make sure that we re safe. reporter: 34-year-old officer benjamin deen and 24-year-old liquori tate were shot and killed after a traffic stop ended in a hail of gunfire saturday night. police say curtis and his brother marvin fled the crime scene, allegedly stealing a police cruiser and using it as a getaway car. authorities have divulged little
i spoke to one man 17 years old who lived across the street from the school everything is gone he s wandering around the grounds of the campus looking to see if he can find anything. among the things he found was one of his little tool kits. wow, all right, this devastation is unbelievable. looking at some of this video, as we mentioned, 30% of the buildings and structures in that small town destroyed or damaged by this. thank you very much kerry. also following a developing story in mississippi, where the suspects charged in the killing of two police officers are due in court this afternoon. a vigil is being held later today for officers benjamin deen and liquori tate who were gunned down saturday night. gabe gutierrez joins me live from hattiesburg. we know just an outpouring of grief for the family members of these two officers. reporter: that s exactly right, tamron. those four suspected expected to be arraigned this afternoon. two of them charged with capital murder in the d
two police officers. really shaken this close knit community. overnight in hattiesburg, a candlelight vigil, the city mourning the deaths of 34-year-old denbenjamin deen and liquori tate who graduated from the police academy just a year ago. they took away my baby. reporter: on mother s day, she had this message for her son s killer. the hurt is unbearable. reporter: his family says tate wanted to be a police officer since he was 4. he was a hero. he backed up his partner. reporter: police say officer deen stopped the car for speeding saturday night, when tate arrived to back him up, shots rang out. both officers were hit and the suspects took off in one of the police cruisers. following a man hunt did you do it? no, sir, i didn t do it.
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